Q 01/05

Which producer, also behind Laurel and Hardy, created the series after watching kids argue over sticks?

A) Charley Chase

B) Mack Sennett

C) Louis B. Mayer

D) Hal Roach

Answer · why

D) Hal Roach

He had just auditioned a child actress he thought was over-rehearsed and over-made-up, and decided a series of kids being themselves would work better...

Q 02/05

In which year was the first short in the series released?

A) 1922

B) 1932

C) 1929

D) 1926

Answer · why

A) 1922

One Terrible Day, actually the fourth short made, reached theatres first on 10 September; the pilot titled Our Gang followed in November.

Q 03/05

How many short films were made over the series' 22-year run?

A) 190

B) 220

C) 160

D) 120

Answer · why

B) 220

There was also one feature spin-off, General Spanky, and more than 41 children served as regular cast members over the years.

Q 04/05

Which company distributed the silent shorts before Roach switched to MGM in 1927?

A) Pathé

B) Universal

C) Paramount

D) First National

Answer · why

A) Pathé

The MGM deal brought bigger budgets and packaging with MGM features for the Loews theatre chain.

Q 05/05

For how much did Roach sell the whole production unit, name and contracts to MGM in May 1938?

A) $1 million

B) $250,000

C) $100,000

D) $25,000

Answer · why

D) $25,000

MGM did not want the series to end when it split with Roach, so it bought the property outright and kept making shorts until 1944.